Fuad Chehab

Fuad Chehab (19 March 1902-25 April 1973) was President of Lebanon from 23 September 1958 to 22 September 1964, succeeding Camille Chamoun and prceding Charles Helou.

Biography
Fuad Chehab was born on 19 March 1902 in Ghazir, Lebanon, Ottoman Empire to a family of Catholic Maronites. Chehab served in the Lebanese Army and became commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces in 1945 after independence, but in 1952 he refused to let the army put down protesters against President Bechara el-Khoury. Chehab was elected President of Lebanon on 23 September 1958 after Chamoun left office in the 1958 Lebanon crisis, and Chehab again refused to use the army against the Muslim rebels in that war. He was assisted by the United States in putting down the uprising, and in 1960 he offered to resign after the country was stabilized. However, he was persuaded not to by parliament, and Chehab refused to extend the constitution to give him another presidential term. He backed Charles Helou as candidate, and Helou won the elections. Chehab died in April 1973.